acucula

Latin

Etymology

From acū- (needle) + -cula (diminutive ending). Attested beginning in the fourth century CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /aˈkukla/

Noun

acūcula f (genitive acūculae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. small needle

Descendants

References

  1. aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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